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Originally Posted by HarryT
You may make that assumption; I certainly don't.
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I doubt that anybody lives under impression that you would make such an assumption. I personally believe that, if we were to see your list of requirements for a new electronic reader, it is highly unlikely that "Open Source" would top such a list. Nor do I believe that you are particularly interested in replacing software on your Sony reader.
It just happens that we are having this conversation on the topic started by SmokeAndMirrors, in the part of the forum dedicated to helping potential buyers make their decisions.
Well, if the person who started this topic wants an open source platform, it is most certainly fair to warn him against buying from Sony. They, Sony, belong to a select group of businesses who actively marketed their product (disclaimer: which was not an electronic reading device) as being capable of dual booting to Linux or their software, then changed their mind to force customers to run either their software or Linux, and then brought to court of law a person who managed to run Gentoo Linux on that very same platform.
It is not only what they have done to ensure that their devices stay "dedicated", that corporation has also used their legal assets to fight an attempt to use machine as a generic platform.
It is very fair to say that, when it comes to open source, they (Sony) are as bad as they (corporations) get.